Jisho

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9 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
Variants:
marquis, lord, daimyo
On:
コウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2363 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 侯 【コウ】 marquis, second highest rank of the five ranks of nobility, daimyo
  • 候補 【コウホ】 candidate, contender, prospect, pick, choice, list, candidacy, candidature, nomination
  • 王侯 【オウコウ】 the king and his feudal lords
  • 仙台侯 【センダイコウ】 Lord of Sendai

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hou2, hou4
Korean:
hu

Spanish

  • marqués
  • señor feudal
  • daimyo

Portuguese

  • marques
  • senhor
  • daimyo

French

  • marquis
  • seigneur
  • daimyo
1256 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
2014 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
443 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1479 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
777 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1924 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2107 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1876 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
95 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
109 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
74 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
79 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1654 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
633 Morohashi
98 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
211 New Nelson (John Haig)
1639 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1767 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1227 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2163 2001 Kanji
2a7.21 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-7 SKIP code
2723.4 Four corner code
1-24-84 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4faf Unicode hex code

12 strokes
Radical:
script, literature
Parts:
Variants:

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Readings

Japanese names:
たけ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bin1
Korean:
bin

Spanish

Portuguese

French

1590 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
13468 Morohashi
2369 New Nelson (John Haig)
4n9.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-8 SKIP code
0344.0 Four corner code
1-41-44 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
658c Unicode hex code